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In this paper we study the maximum principle, the existence of eigenvalue and the existence of solution for the Dirichlet problem for operators which are fully-nonlinear, elliptic but presenting some singularity or degeneracy which are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-03-27 I. Birindelli , F. Demengel

We give a counterexample to the long standing conjecture that the ball maximises the first eigenvalue of the Robin eigenvalue problem with negative parameter among domains of the same volume. Furthermore, we show that the conjecture holds…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2015-07-31 Pedro Freitas , David Krejcirik

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^2$ with smooth boundary $\partial\Omega$, and let $\omega_h$ be the set of points in $\Omega$ whose distance from the boundary is smaller than $h$. We prove that the eigenvalues of the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-11-01 Francesco Ferraresso , Luigi Provenzano

We study eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the Dirichlet Laplacian on a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\RR^n$ with piecewise smooth boundary. We bound the distance between an arbitrary parameter $E > 0$ and the spectrum $\{E_j \}$ in terms of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-06-21 A. H. Barnett , Andrew Hassell

We consider the energy of the torsion problem with Robin boundary conditions in the case where the solution is not a minimizer. Its dependence on the volume of the domain and the surface area of the boundary is discussed. In contrast to the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-05-07 Catherine Bandle , Alfred Wagner

We consider a magnetic operator of Aharonov-Bohm type with Dirichlet boundary conditions in a planar domain. We analyse the behavior of its eigenvalues as the singular pole moves in the domain. For any value of the circulation we prove that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Virginie Bonnaillie-Noël , Benedetta Noris , Manon Nys , Susanna Terracini

We consider the eigenvalue problem for the Schr\"odinger operator on bounded, convex domains with mixed boundary conditions, where a Dirichlet boundary condition is imposed on a part of the boundary and a Neumann boundary condition on its…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Nausica Aldeghi

Let $(\Omega,g)$ be a piecewise-smooth, bounded convex domain in $\R^2$ and consider $L^2$-normalized Neumann eigenfunctions $\phi_{\lambda}$ with eigenvalue $\lambda^2$ and $u_{\lambda}:= \phi_{\lambda} |_{\partial \Omega}$ the associated…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-01 Hans Christianson , John A. Toth

We consider the problem of minimising the $k$th eigenvalue, $k \geq 2$, of the ($p$-)Laplacian with Robin boundary conditions with respect to all domains in $\mathbb{R}^N$ of given volume $M$. When $k=2$, we prove that the second eigenvalue…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-10-07 J. B. Kennedy

We show that eigenvalues of the Robin Laplacian with a positive boundary parameter $\alpha$ on rectangles and unions of rectangtes satisfy P\'{o}lya-type inequalities, albeit with an exponent smaller than that of the corresponding Weyl…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-05-28 Pedro Freitas , James Kennedy

We consider a class of quasilinear operators on a bounded domain $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^n$ and address the question of optimizing the first eigenvalue with respect to the boundary conditions, which are of the Robin-type. We describe the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-11-12 Francesco Della Pietra , Nunzia Gavitone , Hynek Kovarik

On a compact Riemannian manifold $M$ with boundary, we give an estimate for the eigenvalues $(\lambda\_k(\tau,\alpha))\_k$ of the magnetic Laplacian with the Robin boundary conditions. Here, $\tau$ is a positive number that defines the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-01-12 Georges Habib , Ayman Kachmar

The purpose of this paper is to establish a quantitative version of the Talenti comparison principle for solutions to the Poisson equation with Robin boundary conditions. This quantitative enhancement is proved in terms of the asymmetry of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-17 Vincenzo Amato , Rosa Barbato , Simone Cito , Alba Lia Masiello , Gloria Paoli

We consider a semilinear Robin problem driven by the Laplacian plus an indefinite and unbounded potential. The reaction term is a Carath\'eodory function which is resonant with respect to any nonprincipal eigenvalue both at $\pm \infty$ and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-10-31 Nikolaos S. Papageorgiou , Vicenţiu D. Rădulescu , Dušan D. Repovš

Let $\tau_k(\Omega)$ be the $k$-th eigenvalue of the Laplace operator in a bounded domain $\Omega$ of the form $\Omega_{\text{out}} \setminus \overline{B_{\alpha}}$ under the Neumann boundary condition on $\partial \Omega_{\text{out}}$ and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-16 T. V. Anoop , Vladimir Bobkov , Pavel Drabek

We consider a boundary value problem for a general second order linear equation in a domain with a fine perforation. The latter is made by small cavities; both the shapes of the cavities and their distribution are arbitrary. The boundaries…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-24 Denis I. Borisov

The main objective of this paper is analysis of the initial-boundary value problems for the linear and semilinear time-fractional diffusion equations with a uniformly elliptic spatial differential operator of the second order and the Caputo…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-10 Yuri Luchko , Masahiro Yamamoto

The nodal domains of eigenvectors of the discrete Schrodinger operator on simple, finite and connected graphs are considered. Courant's well known nodal domain theorem applies in the present case, and sets an upper bound to the number of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-03-06 Gregory Berkolaiko , Hillel Raz , Uzy Smilansky

In \cite{CJ1} M. Jaoua et al. studied the linear approximation of Robin problem on $\Omega$ an open bounded domain of $\R^d$, and they given some important results. In this paper, we study a nonlinear approximation of an elliptic problem…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-26 Jamel Benameur , Chokri Elhechmi

In this paper, we prove that the Extended Courant Property fails to be true for certain smooth, strictly convex domains with Neumann boundary condition: there exists a linear combination of a second and a first Neumann eigenfunctions, with…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-01-04 Pierre Bérard , Bernard Helffer